renail
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a word derived from
nail.
nailnouna slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
Example Sentences
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Usually it was found not very far downstream so we would drag it back and renail the boards down.
From The Biography of a Rabbit by Roy Benson Jr.
Carpet and boards came up easily; his cache empty Mayer had not troubled to renail them.
From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Geraldine Bonner